Handle



HANDLE. V I

Patented Mar. 17, 1891.

(No Model.)

L. M.'DEVORE.

vNo. 448,477.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

LEVI M. DEVORE, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS.

HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming pait of Letters Patent No. 448,477, dated March 17, 1891.

Application filed March 28, 1890.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, LEVI M. DEvoRE, a resident of Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I-Iandies; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in handles adapted for use on cooking utensils, stove-lid litters, and other articles liable to become heated in use, the object of the inventionbeing to provide a handle of simpleconstruction having a large radiating-surface in proportion to its conducting-body.

The invention, which is a modification of or improvement upon the device shown and described in my United States Patent No. 401,419, is fully described and explained in this specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-- I Figure 1 is a view, partly in sile elevation and partly in vertical section, of a stove-lid.-

lifter embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of a portion thereof, the view being in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view, partly in side elevationhnd partly in vertical section, illustratin g the method of assembling the parts shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are similar views to Fig. 1, illustrating modified forms of my invention.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3, A is the bodyof a stovelid lifter so formed at one end as to operate in lifting an ordinary stove-lid. An annular shoulder 13, having a central opening 0, is formed at some distance from the opposite end of the body and receives the abutting end of a coil-spring C, projecting beyond said end, the inner terminal spiral o of the coil being in contact with the shoulder B, and the opposite end coil 0 being so reduced in size as to closely encircle a wire D, which is approx rmately coincident with the axis of the COIl. The rod or wire D passes longitudinally through the part k' of the body of the handle, and the opening 0 in the shoulder B bein g held in place therein by clasps a, formed serial No. 345,746. (No model.)

integrally with the body, and is provided at its outer end with a ring cl of any desired diameter and at its inner end with a hook cl, 7

which is seated in a recess between two shoulders s s on the under side of the body of the handle when all the parts are in operative connection. Then it is desired to connect the parts of this handle, the coil O isslipped over the part A until the coil 0 rests against the shoulder B. The wire D is then inserted and brought into position by first passing the hook (1 through the space between the clasps a a, as shown in full lines in Fig. 3, and .then moving the rod forward in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3 until the rod reaches the position shown in the dotted lines in said figure, the hook d being upward and being passed through the opening 0. The rod is then rotated one hundred and eighty degrees, until the hook points downward, and is then pressed longitudinally inward until the hook is in the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1,

when the wire is again rotated one hundred and eighty degrees, bringing its end into the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. The wire being then released'the outward pressure of the coil 0, which has been compressed by pressing the wire inward, forces the wire outward until the hook cl is seated in the notch between the lugs s s, which prevent its rotation and secure it against accidental escape. one shown in my patent hereinbefore referred to in various details, but particularly in having the rod D separate from the coil 0 instead of integral therewith, in forming the opening 0 of such size as to permit the passage of the hook at the end of the rod, and in providing a notch or gain in the body of the handle to receive the hook and prevent its rotation. hen the parts of this device are assembled, it forms in practice the substantial equivalent of the patented device rereferred to and operates in the same way and for the same purpose as the patented device.

Fig. .4 illustrates a form of handle in which the outer end spiral c of the coil, instead of wire which passes through it, is made of the This device differs from the.

same diameter as the remainder of the coil and presses against a properly-shouldered washer or button V, which encircles the wire D and is pressed against a loop at the end thereof.

Fig. 5 illustrates a somewhat different device, in which the part A of the handle has at its end a loop a, which is engaged by a hook c at one end of the rod or wire D. In this form the wire does not extend longitudinally through the part A, but the handle depends for its rigidity upon the longitudinal pressure of the coil against the loop or eye cl of the wire at one end and against the shoulder B at the other end.

In all these forms,- which vary somewhat from each other, the coil is pressed between the shoulderB and some suitable enlargement at the outer end of the central rod or wire, the inner end of the rod being hooked or otherwise suitably secured to the body of the lifter. In all of them the central rod when in working position is so connected with the body of the lifter as to be secured against rotation, and this adds greatly to the security of the connection between the rod and the body, though it is not absolutely essential to the practicability of the device.

It is evident that the body shown herein, having the opening 0 of such size as to per-. mit the passage of the bent end of the rod D, may be used equally well whether the rod D be separate from the coil 0, as shown herein, or integral with the coil, as shown in Fig. 6, and in my prior patent, above referred to. I desire, therefore, not to limit my invention in this regard to the use of the body so formed with the separately-formed coil and central rod. i

Having now described and explained my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure vby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a rigid handlebody having an annular shoulder near one end, of a spring-coil with its end esting against said shoulder, and a rod lying within the coil, detachably connected with it at the outer end and engaging the body of the handle at its own opposite end, substantially as set forth.

2. In a device of the class described, the

3. In a device of the class described, the.

combination, with a suitable body and shank, of a coil resting against a shoulder formed upon the body, a boss or button pressing against the outer end of the coil, and a separable rod or wire connecting said boss or'button with the body, said coil being compressed longitudinally when the parts are in opera tive connection.

4. The combination, with the body A and the shank A, of the coil 0, the separable rod D, lying within the coil and booked at its inner end to the body, and a suitable boss or enlargement formed at the outer end of the rod and pressing against the outer end of the coil, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a handle of the class described, the combination, with a suitable body formed with an annular shoulder, of a coil abutting against said shoulder, a rod lying within the coil and passing through the opening in said shoulder, and means for connecting the rod with the outer end of the coil, said rod being provided with a hook' engaging a suitable catch on the body, and the opening in said shoulder being of suflicientsize to permit the passage of said hook.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib- 9o ing witnesses. I I

LEVI M. .DEVORE.

Witnesses:

" ROBT. H. WILES, M. STOSKOPF. 

